In Loving Memory PHILIP EMMONS ISAAC BONEWITSOctober 1, 1949 - August 12, 2010It was with a heavy heart I learned only today of the passing of celebrated Pagan Elder and Author, Isaac Bonewits. Though I never met Isaac in-person, I did chat with him numerous times over the Internet and was a great admirer of his work and scholarship. In no small way, it is fair to say that he brought to the exploration of Druidry/Druidism what Gerald Gardner brought to the exploration of
This summer, I'm indulging in what I like to call "the hot yoga experiment." I've never taken hot yoga on a regular basis before, but after I examined the schedules from a half dozen or so local yoga studios and triangulated it with the hours my kids are i... (source: About) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
Plank Pose Is the Yoga Pose of the Week (source: About)
Plank pose is often seen as a quick stopping off point between downward facing dog and chaturanga. It's just a transition, right? Wrong! If you've ever tried to hold plank for more than a few breaths, you've surely discovered that it's a great arm strength... (source: About) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
Food Is Power and the Powerful Are Poisoning Us
Food shortages have been tinder for social upheaval throughout history. But this time around, because many of us have lost the skills to feed and clothe ourselves, it will be much harder to become self-sustaining.
See more on this article at the link: www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19047.cfm
le & Power - Slow food - 8 Jul 08
People & Power looks at the work of Carlo Petrini, an Italian journalist and food activist, whose organisation, Slow Food, is considered the culinary wing of the anti-globalisation movement.
From OCA:
Chemicals in Our Diets Lead to Obesity
Most people don't think about how chemicals in their diets affect their weight or weight loss efforts. But the man-made chemicals you consume on a regular basis can play a big role in whether you're fat or not - even if those chemicals don't contain a single calorie.
In the documentary film "inGREEDients", registered nurse and filmmaker, David Burton, discovers an alarming connection between diet and illness while investigating trans fats and hydrogenated oils in America's food supply. Do you know what a partially hydrogenated oil is? What does zero grams of trans fat per serving really mean? Find out in this compelling documentary that takes the audience on a time-line journey through the history of human food consumption from prehistoric times to the present, when heart disease is the number one killer of humans and despite recent changes in food labeling laws, pounds of trans fats are consumed everyday. This documentary features interviews with medical doctors, natural health doctors, scientists and researchers, politicians, and the lawyer that successfully stood up against two corporate food giants whose products are household names across America. The film also includes a brief look at heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, the three diseases most directly connected with our consumption of trans fats, chemical food additives, and processed food. With cutting edge animations rarely achieved in low-budget indie filmmaking, CORPORATE inGREEDients will entertain, inspire, and educate all audiences.
How the Global Food Market Starves the Poor [visit the link to watch the Video]
* Grist Magazine, March 15, 2010
Straight to the Source
To understand the complexities of the international food market -- and how traders in Chicago can cause Africans to starve -- you could get a Ph.D. in economics, or read a 400-page report from the World Bank. Or you watch this superb nine minute video, directed by Denis van Waerebeke.
Though ostensibly created for a science show in Paris for 12 year olds, it's actually probably waaaay over a kid's head. Just watch -- it's excellent, and very well illustrated:
India's Free Lunch Since 2001 all Indian primary schools have provided pupils with a free midday meal. Seven years on truancy rates have been slashed, and child health is soaring. Western governments are taking note.
"Compared to ours, today's generation is better off," explains a cook at one school we visited. Vijay Bhaskar agrees, he is the food administrator in Karnataka, and reveals, "the number of children out of school has reduced from 1 million to 70,000." The scheme has also seen off the junk food industry, as Bhaskar comments, "any person who has seen children eating a hot meal knows that no cookie can substitute."
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